Subedar Neeraj Chopra PVSM VSM is an Indian track and field athlete and the reigning Olympic javelin throw champion. As of August 2021, he is ranked 2nd in the nation by World Athletics. Chopra, a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army, is the first Indian track and field athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He is also the first Indian track and field athlete to win the IAAF World U20 Championships, where he established a world under-20 record throw of 86.48 m in 2016, evolving the foremost Indian athlete to accomplish this. As of 2021, he is one of just two Indians to have won an Olympic gold medal in an individual event, and the smallest Indian Olympic gold medallist on a single occasion was the only one to have won a gold medal on his Olympic debut.